If Plutarch is the essayist I want to believe he is, he would want us all to sit in his chair. Votes: 0
I think that in a lot of readers' minds the essay is a lot more utilitarian than it is art. Votes: 0
In some ways we want definitions that can help protect our own interpretations of the genre. Votes: 0
The intimate and meditative form that Plutarch became known for was completely new in his day. Votes: 0